Documents of Latin American and Latino Art

In this text, Juan Acevedo explains the cartoon methodology as a means of popular communication. He summarizes the system he developed in a number of workshops he gave on the topic, workshops that culminated in November 1979 with the Primer Taller [...]

In this essay, Juan Acevedo outlines the guidelines he has developed and used at his workshops focused on the creation of comic strips as a popular medium of communication, in particular at the Taller de Historieta del Taller de Publicaciones [Comic [...]

In this essay the Peruvian cartoonist Juan Acevedo discusses his personal experiences with his workshop participants—most of whom were young fighters with the Sandinista insurgency—noting the similarities between what they do and what a [...]

This text by Inverna Lockpez, curator and director of the INTAR Latin American Gallery in New York City, introduces the six Latin American and Latino comic strip artists whose work was included in the 1985 exhibition Six Hispanic Artists. The [...]

The pamphlet for the solo show of works by Álvaro Barrios at the Galería Marta Traba includes a photo of the artist as a cutout figure; the document signed by the artist and the painter-witness Norman Mejía granting power to the art critic Marta [...]